Anyone ever use it for wounds? If so, what were the results? I've heard really good things (e.g., research indicates that it actually halts the growth of and kills MRSA), and I'm considering it for use on Dru's belly...but I'm worried b/c I have to keep the wound covered...and honey is stickey - so I don't want to take bandages off and rip her open b/c of the honey...so, I'm just wondering if anyone ever had any experience with it!

I swear by the use of manuka honey for healing wounds. Due to the condition I have (sjogren's syndrom) anytime I get a cut or an open wound, it takes forever to heal. The manuka honey makes a huge difference in the time it takes for them to close up and completely heal.

I just had strep throat, which ended up with me getting two huge cold sores, one on each side of my mouth. They popped up on July 9 th. The one on the right side, that I put manuka honey on is gone, it was the larger of the two. The one on the left hasn't reached the pink skin stage yet, it still has a scab on it. I put abreva on the left side and used carmex lip balm for cold sores.

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Its generally used on open wounds (with bandages) so I don't think you'll have any problem changing the bandage

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Plain white sugar on the wound also really helps for creating granulation tissue.Honey also works really well, but I don't know about the pasteurized/unpasteurized part (wouldn't pasteurization control the bacteria present in the honey?)

call2arms wrote:Plain white sugar on the wound also really helps for creating granulation tissue.Honey also works really well, but I don't know about the pasteurized/unpasteurized part (wouldn't pasteurization control the bacteria present in the honey?)

Supposedly Manuka honey is supposed to be really good for wounds....there's also an antibiotic property to it...